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March 2020
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WAY signs open letter to Government
March 2020
WAY today signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, alongside 17 other charities, calling for the Government to remed... Read more
Landmark High Court ruling in favour of cohabiting couples
February 2020
BREAKING NEWS: High Court finds in favour bereaved cohabiting parents WAY Widowed and Young is absolutely delighted tha... Read more
WAY member pops up in Campervan magazine
February 2020
WAY member Mark shares his journey with Campervan magazine... Read more
WAY members get active at PGL weekend
February 2020
Last weekend, a group of 65 WAY members and their children got the year off to a flying start - quite literally - when t... Read more
WAY Christmas tree in Worcester Cathedral
December 2019
Worcester Cathedral hosts a hugely-popular Christmas Tree Festival each year in its stunning medieval cloisters, with lo... Read more
Giving the Gift of WAY membership
December 2019
Do you want to help someone who’s been widowed young? Why not buy them a gift membership to WAY? It costs just £25 for a... Read more
Celebrating our volunteers on International Volunteer Day
December 2019
December 5 is International Volunteer Day and we wanted to take this opportunity to share some inspirational words from ... Read more
December 2019
This week is the first ever National Grief Awareness Week, which is being launched by WAY member Linda Magistris, CEO ... Read more
Taking the 'man-up' approach can lead to man down
November 2019
WAY member and clinical psychologist Dr Jason Spendelow explains how taking the 'man-up' approach to grief can actually ... Read more
Coping with grief & loss: a man's perspective
November 2019
WAY member Mark Wilcock lost his wife suddenly two years ago, leaving him with an eight-month-old daughter. As a blogger... Read more
Marking International Men's Day
November 2019
Tuesday, 19 November is #InternationalMensDay. From 7-9pm we will be taking over footballing legend Neville Southall's... Read more
Wise words on World Kindness Day
November 2019
This World Kindness Day, we wanted to share with you some wise words from one of our members, Corrina, about the small a... Read more
Trustees' Week: Celebrating WAY's Trustees
November 2019
To celebrate Trustees' Week, we would like to say an enormous thank you to WAY's fantastic trustees who dedicate so much... Read more
October 2019
More than 120 widows and widowers gathered at Center Parcs in Sherwood Forest last weekend along with their children – b... Read more
WAY members in Christmas issue of Good Housekeeping
October 2019
WAY members Gaynor and Rupert are featured in the Christmas issue of Good Housekeeping - talking about how their love ha... Read more
WAY members in Christmas issue of Woman & Home
October 2019
WAY members Jannine and Mark are interviewed in the Christmas issue of Woman and Home magazine about their heartwarming ... Read more
MP committee critical of support for bereaved families
October 2019
The Work & Pensions Select Committee has published a compelling report calling on the Government to extend bereaveme... Read more
Decanter to donate £20k to WAY
October 2019
We are thrilled to announce that staff at Decanter, the world’s leading wine media brand, have voted to support the char... Read more
WAYers together in the Lake District
October 2019
A group of 40-plus WAYfarers recently spent a few days walking in the Lake District with other people who understand wh... Read more
WAY awarded National Lottery funding
October 2019
Volunteers are at the very heart of WAY Widowed and Young’s peer-to-peer support network – helping us to support more th... Read more
WAY appoints National Volunteer Manager
October 2019
We are thrilled to announce that WAY Widowed and Young is appointing Scottish WAY member Veronica Currie as our new Nati... Read more
Food and grief: tips for healthy eating
September 2019
To mark British Food Fortnight, we invited WAY member and nutritionist Sabine Horner to share some tips about how to eat... Read more
Back to school tips from WAY members
September 2019
In a week that sees children going back to school across the UK, we asked WAY members to share some of their tips to hel... Read more
September 2019
Holidays can be such a difficult time when you've been widowed. This summer one of our members, Alison, took the plunge ... Read more
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